Vital

//ˈvaɪtəl//

Synonyms for "vital" (306 found)

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crucial cutting desirous diuturnal drive driving durable dynamic eager effective endowed with life enduring energetic enlivened enlivening essence essential evergreen existent exuberant

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Adjective(17 words)

crucial earnest epochful essential extant extraordinary fatefraught fateful fatesome grave heavy high on the totem pole historic innegligible key kicking life-or-death

Adjective(1 words)

life-sustaining

Related words (153)

Adjective(29 words)

lifely live lively livesome living meaningful necessary noted noticeable observable ominous outstanding paramount pertinent pivotal portentous quick relevant remarkable salient

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significant still with us surviving top of mind undeceased unignorable valuable vitalic weighty

live living long lasting long lived long standing long term long-lasting long-lived long-standing long-term longeval longevous lusty macrobiotic main major mandatory material mighty mighty in battle

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momentous mordant necessary needed needful nervous of long duration of long standing of vital importance operative organic organized panting paramount penetrating perdurable perduring perennial permanent perpetual persistent persisting physiological piercing pivotal playful poignant potent powerful prepotent prerequisite pressing prompt puissant punchy quick quickening radical raring to ready ready and willing red blooded red-blooded rejuvenating remaining required requisite reviving robust robustious robustuous rollicking rollicksome rompish rude rugged ruling sempervirent sensational serious sinewed sinewy skittish slashing spirited sportive sprightly stable stalwart staple staying steadfast stout strategic strenuous striking strong sturdy substantive telling tenacious of life tireless tough trenchant underlying unfading unforgoable urgent valid very much alive viable vigorous vim vitality vitalizing vivacious vivid vivified vivifying wanted zestful zippy zoetic

Adjective(1 words)

lively

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6 relation types

Antonyms

1 entries

mortal

Synonyms

3 entries

critical life sustaining lively

Related terms

7 entries

devive revive survive viable vitality vitals vivid

derived

14 entries

noeud vital vital air vital capacity vital effect vital force vital function vital index vital organ vital sign vital signs vital spark vital statistic vital statistics élan vital

related to

8 entries

continuation event existence important invigorating life record viable

similar

6 entries

alive alive p animated essential indispensable live

Translations

134 translations across 41 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

jetësor adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)

Arabic

2 entries

أَسَاسِيّ adj (necessary to the continuation of life)
حَيَوِيّ adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)

Armenian

1 entries

կենսական adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

həyati adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)

Belarusian

2 entries

жыццёва ва́жны adj (necessary to the continuation of life)
жыццёвы adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)

Bulgarian

4 entries

вита́лен adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)
жи́знен adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)
жи́знен adj (relating to the recording of life events)
жи́знен adj (capable of living)

Catalan

4 entries

vital adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)
vital adj (necessary to the continuation of life)
vital adj (invigorating or life-giving)
vital adj (necessary to continued existence)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

生命的 adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)
重要 adj (very important)

Czech

4 entries

vitální adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)
životní adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)
životně důležitý adj (necessary to the continuation of life)
životně důležitý adj (necessary to continued existence)

Dutch

4 entries

doorslaggevend adj (necessary to the continuation of life)
essentieel adj (necessary to the continuation of life)
levens adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)
vitaal adj (necessary to the continuation of life)

Esperanto

4 entries

civila (statuso) adj (relating to the recording of life events)
gravega adj (very important)
nepra adj (necessary to continued existence)
vigliga adj (invigorating or life-giving)

Finnish

4 entries

elin adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)
elinkelpoinen adj (capable of living)
elintärkeä adj (necessary to the continuation of life)
elintärkeä adj (invigorating or life-giving)

French

3 entries

vital adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)
vital adj (necessary to the continuation of life)
vital adj (very important)

Galician

3 entries

vital adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)
vital adj (necessary to the continuation of life)
vital adj (very important)

Georgian

4 entries

არსებითი adj (very important)
სასიცოცხლო adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)
სასიცოცხლო adj (necessary to the continuation of life)
სასიცოცხლოდ მნიშვნელოვანი adj (necessary to the continuation of life)

German

4 entries

Lebens adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)
essentiell adj (very important)
lebenswichtig adj (necessary to the continuation of life)
lebenswichtig adj (necessary to continued existence)

Greek

1 entries

ζωτικός adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)

Hebrew

1 entries

חִיּוּנִי adj (necessary to the continuation of life)

Italian

4 entries

fondamentale adj (very important)
vitale adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)
vitale adj (necessary to the continuation of life)
vitale adj (very important)

Kazakh

3 entries

тіршілік adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)
өмірдің adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)
өмірлік adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)

Korean

2 entries

생명의 adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)
중요하다 adj (very important)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

тиричилик adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)

Latin

2 entries

vītālis adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)
vītālis adj (invigorating or life-giving)

Macedonian

2 entries

витален adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)
животен adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)

Māori

1 entries

waiwai adj (very important)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

kjempeviktig adj (very important)
levende adj (relating to the recording of life events)
livsoppholdende adj (necessary to the continuation of life)
livsoppholdende adj (invigorating or life-giving)

Persian

1 entries

حیاتی adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)

Polish

3 entries

niezbędny do życia adj (necessary to the continuation of life)
witalny adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)
życiowy adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)

Portuguese

3 entries

vital adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)
vital adj (necessary to the continuation of life)
vital adj (very important)

Romanian

1 entries

vital adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)

Russian

4 entries

жи́зненно ва́жный adj (necessary to the continuation of life)
жи́зненно ва́жный adj (necessary to continued existence)
жи́зненно ва́жный adj (very important)
жи́зненно необходи́мый adj (necessary to the continuation of life)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

vȉtālan adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)
žìvotan adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)
ви̏та̄лан adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)
жѝвотан adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)

Slovak

2 entries

vitálny adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)
životný adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)

Slovene

2 entries

vitalen adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)
životen adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)

Spanish

3 entries

vital adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)
vital adj (necessary to the continuation of life)
vital adj (very important)

Swedish

1 entries

livsviktig adj (necessary to the continuation of life)

Tajik

1 entries

ҳаётӣ adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)

Turkish

3 entries

hayati adj (necessary to the continuation of life)
hayati adj (very important)
yaşamsal adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)

Ukrainian

4 entries

життьови́й adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)
життє́вий adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)
життє́во важли́вий adj (necessary to the continuation of life)
життє́во важли́вий adj (necessary to continued existence)

Uzbek

1 entries

hayotiy adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)

Vietnamese

2 entries

sống còn adj (necessary to the continuation of life)
đời sống adj (relating to, or characteristic of life)

Sample sentences

27 total sentences available.

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The elevators in a skyscraper are vital systems.

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Your help is vital to the success of our plan.

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Good nutrition is vital for an infant's growth.

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Exercise is vital for a dog.

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